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Almaty

Almaty

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A large city in Kazakhstan that was the capital until 1998
  • proper noun
: Almaty
  • Known for its beautiful mountains, Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan.
  • Almaty, Kazakhstan

And we traipsed around during the Ahmadinejad years to Almaty, to Baghdad, to Moscow.

Examples

  • A large group of fair attendees had come by bus up the mountains to a traditional Kazakh restaurant just outside Almaty to have a final celebratory meal after the last day of the education fair.

    Blog text (24)
  • " Almaty is a commercial center, Astana is an administrative and political center, and Atyrau is the heart of oil and gas."

    Academic text (2007)
  • We visited a friend in Almaty two summers ago.

    Blog text (22)
  • I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

    Blog text (12)
  • According to one government official, the party has a total membership of eighty-five in Almaty.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Its chair and vice-chair also operate the only independent radio and television stations in Almaty.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In 1992, India signed a group of agreements with Almaty to develop its textile and hotel industries.

    Academic text (1996)
  • One such organization was "Islam and Democracy" of Uzbekistan, which held its founding congress in Almaty on 28 October 1988.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Although already a relatively important energy exporter, the government in Almaty is still on Moscow's economic leash.

    Academic text (1998)
  • We solved the problem by taking still-frozen blocks of earth from the site and bringing them back to a laboratory in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

Alma-Ata
vsAlmaty
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A large city in Kazakhstan that was the capital until 1998

is the modern official name that replaced the older form

Surface Forms

Almaty main

Etymology

Almaty comes from the Kazakh word alma meaning 'apple' and the ending -ty meaning 'place of'. So Almaty means 'place of apples', which is an easy image to remember because the city and nearby mountains are famous for wild apples and orchards.